‘A Grave to Mourn’: Body, Moral/Religious Representations and Justice Around Disappearance in Mexico,

Authors

  • Salvador Maldonado Aranda El Colegio de Michoacán A.C.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4322/dilemas.v15n2.45758

Keywords:

disappearance, violence, death, state, justice

Abstract

Currently, Mexico experiences a generalized problem of the disappearance of people in the context of criminal and institutional violence. As of December 2021, the total number of people who disappeared amounts to 95.000, whose number triggered a forensic crisis around the treatment of bodies and clandestine and common graves. Thousands of these disappearances were attributed to organized crime. In this article I argue that the humanitarian crisis due to disappearance has reconsidered the traditional meaning of death in Mexico and in particular the role of the body as a sign and symbol of mourning and justice.

Author Biography

Salvador Maldonado Aranda, El Colegio de Michoacán A.C.

Professor e pesquisador do Centro de Estudos Antropológicos de El Colegio de Michoacán (México). Coordenou e dirigiu diversos projetos de pesquisa sobre violência criminal, ativismo político contra a violência e experiências colaborativas no campo da segurança humana com financiamento nacional e internacional. Possui doutorado em antropologia pela Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM, Ciudad de México, México) e pós-doutorado em antropologia pela Universidad de Barcelona (UB, Espanha).

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Published

2022-05-09

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 2 (2022): MAI/JUN/JUL/AGO

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